Jeffrey Gamblero, known to his family and friends under his real name of Jeffrey Vanchiro, has passed away at age 38 due to a horrible incident.
Gamblero was known very well to be at Nets games wearing bright colors, cheering loudly and strongly supporting his Nets, but possibly due to his famous ejection from Madison Square Garden, Gamblero went on a downward spiral.
Here was Gamblero speaking about the incident and his life to Ourbksocial.com about his life and the incident.
Check out the report from Mike Mazzeo of ESPN on Gamblero’s passing.
Jeffrey Gamblero, a popular Brooklyn Nets fan, died Sunday night due to injuries he sustained when he jumped out of a second-story window at his father’s house in Flushing, Queens, on Saturday night.
Gamblero, who was recently in the news after being taken out of Madison Square Garden by security without his prosthetic leg, sustained severe brain damage and a fractured spinal cord as a result of the fall, according to his fiancee, Kristi Evans.
Evans, in an interview earlier Sunday at the hospital, said she believed the Dec. 2 incident during a Nets-Knicks game at MSG changed Gamblero for the worse.
“After that, he was a completely different person,” an emotional Evans said. “He was paranoid. He was erratic. He was frightened. He was horrified. He was a bit delusional. And he was having a lot of trouble sleeping. He couldn’t sleep at all. When he would sleep or try to sleep, it would only take about 10 to 15 minutes before he would wake up screaming, covered in sweat.”
The next day, Gamblero went to a friend’s house, then told Evans he was going to stay with his father, Sylvester, that night. Evans told him she thought it would be a good idea, so Gamblero could get some peace of mind. But an hour-and-a-half after Gamblero arrived, Evans got a call from Sylvester saying Gamblero had jumped out of a window.
“He’s never, ever exhibited any suicidal tendencies,” Evans said. “He jumped out of the bed, ran down the hallway … and then threw himself out of a window headfirst and landed on his head.”
We at DefPen extend our deepest condolences to Vanchiro’s family and friends.
RIP.
